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Director: Phil Counts

Summer Musical

July 22-24 and 29-30

7:30 p.m. July 22, 23, 24, 29 and 30

2 pm July 24

Tickets range from $18-$22

The “King and I” is based on Margaret Landon’s novel, “Anna and the King of Siam.”

The story is set in Bangkok in the early 1860s and tells the story of Anna, an adventurous Englishwoman hired to serve as governess and tutor to King Mongkut’s many children. Although Anna has many quarrels with the dictator, the two eventually fall in love and her influence on the king helps to democratize the country.

The role of the king was turned down by the likes of Rex Harrison and Noel Coward. Finally a virtually unknown actor named Yul Brynner was given the part and through the sheer force of his personality, without any change in the script, managed to switch the dramatic focus of the play from Anna to the King.

Favorite songs: Hello, Young Lovers, Getting to Know You.